Eurasia Press & News
Last week, Chechen rebel leader Dokka Umarov finally confirmed his decision to declare a Caucasian Emirate (Chechnya Weekly, November 1 and 8). His statement on the Emirate was posted on the Kavkaz-Center rebel website on November 21. Moreover, two days later, Kavkaz-Center posted two videos of Dokka Umarov in which …
Read More »Protesters, journalists, rights activists beaten and detained in Nazran
OMON (Russian Special Purpose Police Squad) riot police broke up a demonstration against the administration of Ingushetia’s President, Murat Zyazikov, in Nazran on November 24. The organizing committee for the protest, which was planned for November 24, had earlier announced that it would be postponed until December-citing, among other things, …
Read More »Russian election turnout to top 60 percent
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turnout in Russia’s parliamentary election is likely to be more than 60 percent, higher than last time, the electoral commission said on Sunday.
Read More »Beauty queens brighten ballot in Russian village
MOROZOVKA, Russia (Reuters) – Voters looked on in amazement when a group of Russia’s most beautiful women turned up to cast their votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election.
Read More »Foreign observers struggle to monitor Russia vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A handful of foreign election observers scrambled to monitor voting across Russia’s vast territory on Sunday, with the chief of one mission admitting there was little his team could do.
Read More »Chess master Kasparov decries Russia ballot “rape”
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former world chess champion and opposition leader Garry Kasparov accused Russian authorities of “raping the whole electoral system” with numerous instances of irregularities in Sunday’s parliamentary election.
Read More »Russia goes to the polls
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) – Russians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election widely viewed as a referendum on President Vladimir Putin and overshadowed by opposition accusations that pro-Kremlin forces enjoy an unfair advantage.
Read More »Georgian rebel minister jailed in Germany
A Berlin court has ruled Thursday to put Georgia’s former Defence Minister Irakly Orkuahsvili on a two-month pre-trial imprisonment. The opposition leader was detained in Berlin on Tuesday following a request from Georgia.
Read More »Mine blast in Ukraine, 50+ injured
Rescuers have finished evacuating a coal pit in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk following a blast early on Saturday. It’s the second methane explosion at the mine in as many weeks.
Read More »Russian liberals accuse Putin over pre-poll speech
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian liberal party accused President Vladimir Putin of abusing his authority in the run-up to Sunday’s parliamentary election that is expected to consolidate his grip on power.
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